Unit 8: Contribute to Health and Safety in Health and Social Care Unit code: HSC 027 QCF level: 2 Credit value: 4 Guided learning hours: 33 Unit summary This unit is aimed at those working in a wide range of settings. It provides the learner with the knowledge and skills required to carry out their work safely. This is a mandatory unit in both the Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults) for England (QCF) and the Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care
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many categories and this paper currently specific only for a Senior Citizen or in another word is Elderly. The elderly represent a people who can benefit a technology from a health application or even playing games online through mobile phone or desktop. But from the technology these days we can see that most of the applications or even the hardware are most towards young generations which shows that the attention towards the elderly has not been considered at all. In this paper the authors were focusing
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Workplace Observations Organizational Observations By focusing on and exploring the unique and varied factors of organizational observations‚ a great deal can be learned about a range of organizations Organizational observations in the workplace including communication practices‚ mission statements‚ ethical standards and behaviors are all factors of the organizational structure. Other factors contributing to organizational behaviors are diversity‚ dress and language‚ and the customs of the organization
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Caring for Our Elderly Caring for Our Elderly It is estimated that the number of Americans over the age of sixty five years old will multiply times four in the next thirty years. With this being said many of us will be faced with providing care for our loved ones ("Elderly Caregiving‚" n.d.). The current research studies completed in geriatric studies indicate that currently family members are providing approximately eighty two percent of the care for their elderly family member. Generally
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Advertising Images of Elderly The attitudes younger generations have of the elderly and the relationships they share‚ as well as perceptions older people have of themselves‚ are directly affected by stereotypes portrayed in television advertisements (Hillier & Barrow‚ 2011‚ p. 35).When the elderly are visible in advertising‚ it is typically in life insurance and emergency catastrophe product commercials. These ads implied that the elderly are feeble‚ stubborn‚ grouchy‚ lonely‚ ugly‚ helpless‚
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A Modest Proposal The Elderly The sight is found to be sickening for many; driving through the streets in any given American town and seeing‚ fit snugly between the McDonalds and Starbucks‚ some form of facility for housing the elderly. These individuals‚ no longer able to work for a living‚ are locked away in what is comparable to a modern day prison for senior citizens‚ left only to play round after endless round of trivial games such as Bingo and shuffleboard. With their failing eye sight and
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Substance Abuse Among the Elderly Substance abuse is widely recognized as one of the most serious social‚ ethical‚ and legal problems of the modern day‚ but few people realize how serious this issue affects the elderly population of the United States. Substance abuse is generally considered to be a problem of early adulthood‚ however‚ the truth is that substance abuse impacts older Americans on a large scale‚ and must be addressed through a multifaceted approach in which nurses play a key role. This
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Stereotypes are very common when speaking about the elderly community and a common misconception is that elderly people are typically forgetful‚ forgetting the faces of people they’ve seen many times‚ forgetting to do simple daily routines‚ and forgetting things that were mentioned to them recently. We tend to see this ideology a lot within the media such as on television shows or health ads. However‚ the image of the forgetful older person is generally nothing more than a false stereotype that has
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Personal Observation In the past couple months I’ve been struggling with the future care of my grandma. My dad passed away in December and after the funeral my mom’s mom went into the hospital for pneumonia. This has happened a few times with her going into the hospital in the last few years so it for the most part was a common thing. Usually after the hospital she is placed in the nursing home and after rehabilitation she is released to go home. This time after she was released she had home health
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Viewing for an Effective Outcome Professor Dr. Jorge Cardenas July 23‚ 2012 Introduction Elderly people are so comfortable in their own skin because they have lived their lives and some have a continuance‚ which indicate that this is a true blessing and most of them still have their right frame of mind in order to assist in their living conditions along with their personal retirement plans. The elderly sometimes need that extra assistance from families that sometimes may require time that the
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